Lacrosse Legends

Aitchison or “Aichy” was born and raised in New Westminster, B.C., but he never played as a Salmonbellie.His career was as unique as his personality and he came to the game later than most as a high school field lacrosse player at age 16. A friend got him involved with the Junior Coquitlam J-Hawks. Aitchison felt so embarrassed by his inferior stick skills that he quit after 8 games.The coaches talked him into coming back and he progressed the rest of the year. In 1970 he was picked up by Burnaby to play in the Minto Cup – a real eye-opener for the newcomer to box lacrosse. He had a fine career with the Senior Coquitlam Adanacs from 1971-82.He was selected as the Rookie of the Year his first year and was awarded the Ed Bailey Trophy. On 4 occasions he made the WLA All Star Team. “Aichy” played in the 1980 World Box Lacrosse Championships and won gold as a member of Coquitlam’s squad. “Aichy” represented Canada in field Lacrosse in 1974, 1982 and 1986.He was coming off a serious knee injury in 1986 but amazing